Ornamental ribbon and method of making same



H. A. EVANS March 14; 1933.

`ORNAMENTAI.; RIBBON AND METHOD OF' MAKING SAME Filed Dec. 1e, 192

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.Inventor Harold /LEI/a .s

Patented Mar. 14, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAEoLn A. EvANS, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, AssrcNon To PAEoo SPECIALTY oo., oli' LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION o E MASSAcHUsETTS RIBBON AND METHOD -OF MAKING SAME Appneation mea member 1e,`1a29.'ser11 No. 414,365.

This .invention is directed to a method of, manufacturing ornamental. ribbons or binding strips for application to sheet articles and t resulting products. Moreparticular- 5 ly the present invention is directed to the manufacture of French cord binding strips for shoe uppers and to ornamental 'binding' strips of this character. I,

My Patent No. 1,618,754 and 'Patent No.

1,618,809, whichl issued upon an application filed by Jerome P. Byron and myselfdis close French cord binding strips which have adhesively coated marginal edges adapted to be secured to the inner face of a shoe upper after the opposite marginal portions, which may be free'from adhesive, have been stitched to the outer marginal faces of the uppers. In accordance. with the disclosures of these patents, a binding ribbon or strip having selvaged edges was secured to the sheet, such as the shoe upper. The cost of weaving ribbons having selvaged edges is distinctly higher than the cost of providing unselvaged strips y of similar dimensions and of a similar material; furthermore the selvaged edge upon the adhesively coated margin of the ribbon impedes its ready application to curved marginal portions of thel up er and necessitates snipping of the inner se vage to permit such an application of the ribbon.

The present method of manufacturing ornamental ribbon provides one selvaged edge f at the side or edge of the ribbon which is to be stitched to the upper, and provides an unselvagededge at the adhesively coated marginl of the strip, this marginpreferably bev ing pinked or notchedl to allow ready application of the ribbon to curvedmarginal portions of the sheet article or upper. In order 40 to permit this desirable result with accompanying economies in production, I preferably employ a selvaged edge ribbon Yor strip which is widerv than tlie ultimate strip that is to be applied to the sheet material, and coat the intermediate portion of the original wide `material adjoining the edge portions of the strip with cementitious material, and then out` the strip into two separate ribbons, each ofv l which has a marginal portion coated with the adhesive material, and a margin which is uncoated. This method not only permits economy in the employment of selvaged edge material, but also permits the partial coating of two strips without necessity for painstaking care in the application of the cementitious strip, as would be necessary were the individual strips each to be partially coated. Preferably the strips are severed on a zig-zag line which results in their coated margins being notched or having zig-zag edges, thus permitting greater facility in application of the strips to the curved edge portions of sheet materi l and affording further economies in they usl 'of the rlibbon fabric. It is eviden; that, w en* a p' ed or zig-za e Ue is reA erred this methlbld is A,particuliirly badvaiitageous, g5 since it avoids thdiiiculty and waste otherwise involved in cementitiou'sly coating a ribbon having a notched edge. `A covering strip of any suitable material is appled to the adhesive layer upon the intermediate adhesively coated portion of the Wide-strip before the same is severed to provide twosepa-` rate partially' coated ribbons. Thus, the economies in the application of the protective covering strip may be attained and the same may be cut accurately to conform to the notched edge of the separate ribbons. In the accompanying drawing: 'Fig. 1`is a perspective view of a portion of a fabric strip which has selvaged edges, an A Fig. 4 is a section ofI a marginal portion of a sheet showing the ribbon in its normal attached position upon the edge of the sheet; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a fabric strip which has selvaged edges and an intermediate cementitious stripe, which maybe severed as indicated by the dotted lines to provide two ornamental strips or ribbons.

In accordance with the present invention, ornamental binding strips which are to be stitched to sheet articles and which, accordingly, desirably have selvaged edges, may be conveniently manufactured from a wider ribbon 1 having opposite selvaged edges 2; for example, the ribbon 1 may have a width substantially 75% greater than that of one of individual strips manufactured therefrom. An intermediate stripe 3 of suitable agglutinant, such as non-drying, permanently plastic cement, may be applied to the central part of therribbon 1, it being evident that extreme accuracy in the application of this strip and in the exact positioning of the edges of the same is not necessary. After the agglutinant 3 has been applied to the ribbon, a protective strip 4 may be applied to the adhesive stripe. Preferably the covering strip 4 is somewhat Wider than the stripe in order to afford adequate protection for Athe edges of the latter, and to facilitate its ready removal from the adhesive coating.

The ribbon with the intermediate adhesive stripe and covering strip may then be run.

through suitable cutting mechanism, including a cutter adapted to form a zig-zag or notched cut, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 thus severing the ribbon 1, the adhesive stripe 3, and the covering strip 4 to provide two ribbons having unselvaged, pinked edges with their marginal portions, adjoining these edges, coated with adhesive material and protected by the notched -covering strip'. The resulting ribbon is shown in Fig. 2 and is designated by the numeral' 10, having the adhesive coating 8, the covering strip 4, and

having a notched or pinked edge designated by numeral 8. The ribbon as completed may be rolled or wound upon suitable spools and distributed to the points of use or application to sheet articles. When the ribbon is to be applied to a sheet article it is attached in the same manner ,as described in my above patent, having its uncoated edge secured by stitches 11 to the marginal portion of the sheet member 12, 2, the covering strip 4T* in the meantime being retained in engagement with the adhesive coating so that the accidental engagement of the latter with forei objects is avoided. Thel covering may readily stripped or peeled from the adhesive layer (Fig. 3) and the ribbon turned over the edge of the sheet member 12, having" its adhesive coating 3a pressed into rm engagement with the inner face of the sheet as shown in Fig. 4. It is thus evident that, when a permanently plastic or cold process cement is used, a covering strip may be applied to the adhesive layer or stripe upon the intermediate adhesively coated portion of the wide strip before the same is severed to provide two partially coated ribbons.

It is obvious however that the present invention is not confined to the employment of cold process or permanently plastic cement, and many of the advantages attributable to this invention may be attained with other types of cement, such as those requiring'the application of heat or solvents to render them tacky. Ordinarily cements of this character `do not require a protective covering strip.

Fig. 5 illustrates a wide strip 1b, which may have selvaged edges 2l and may receive an intermediate stripe 3b of hot process cement. The wide stripe 1b as thus coated is then severed into two ribbons by cutting along an intermediate zig-zag line to provide two French cord binding strips. Each of these ribbons has one selvaged edge, and an opposite marginal portion coated with adhesive material and the adjoining edge notched and unselvaged. Ribbon of this type accordingly may be similar to that dis closed in Fig. 3, and may have its coated portion heated to permit its adhesive application to the inner surface of the main sheet.

Not only may a ribbon manufactured in this manner have a selvaged edge at its uncoated margin which permits the ready and secure stitching of the same to the outerface of the sheet article, but its opposite edge may be raw or unselvaged and preferably notched to permit its ready application to curved edge portions of the upper. Furthermore, this method of manufacturing ornamental ribbons permits economy in the use of selvaged edge material since a single ribbon with two selvaged edges may be formed into two lengths or strips of ribbon for application to sheet material, and, due to the preferred manner of cutting the original wide ribbon or strip, the total amount of fabric employed in producing a given length of French cord -binding may be less than that requiredl by methods heretofore elnployed. Similarly, but a single coating operation is necessary in order to provide two partially coated strips of ribbon, and painstaking care or eXtreme accuracy in the location of the edges of the adhesive stripe is not necessary as would be the case were the separate ribbons to be individually partially coated. This method especially avoids the difliculty of coating a pinked or notchedv od requires'but one application of a cover-y ing strip for twoV lengths. of ribbon, and

also permits economy in the use of the covering fabric as well as permitting it accurately to conform tothe notched or pinked application of the adhesive material, and

furthermore that this method is particularly applicable to the manufacture of pinked or notched edge ribbon of this character.

I claim: I

1. The method ofl manufacturing ornamental ribbons for application to .sheet articles, comprising the coating of the central portion of a strip having selvaged edges with a stripe of permanently plastic agglutinant, applying a protective strip to the ystripe and cutting the strip, the stripe, and theprotective strip into two separate elongate members, 'each of which comprises a ribbon having an adhesively coated marginal portion protected with a protective covering member, and its opposite edge provided with a selvaged edge.

2. The method of manufacturing Iornamental ribbons, which comprises applying a cementitious stripe to the intermediate part of a 'fabric strip, applying a protective covering strip to the stripe, and cutting a zigzag cut through the strip, stripe and covering strip to provide two ribbons with temporary covering strips protecting their adhesively coated notched edge portions. p

3. The method of manufacturingv ornamental ribbons for application to sheet articles, comprising the coating of the central portion of a-,fstrip having selvaged edges with `a stripe of permanently plastic agglutinant, apply/ing a protective strip to the stripe andA cutting the strip, the stripe, and the protective strip along a zig-zag line thus dividing them into two separate elongate members,

each of which comprises a ribbon having an adhesively coated marginal portion protected with a looselywoven covering member,

and its opposite edge provided with a s elvaged edge, the coated margin having a zigzag edge and carrying a covering strip with a similar edge.

4. The method of manufacturing ornamental ribbons for application of sheet articles, comprising the coating of the central portion of a strip havingselvaged edges with a stripe of permanently plastic agglutinant, applying a covering strip to the stripe so that it projects beyond the edges to the strlpe, and cutting the strip, the stripe, an-d the covering strip along a zig-zag line extending substantially from one side of the stripe to the other thus dividing them into t wo separate elongate members, each ofwhich comprises.l a* ribbon having an adheslvely coated marginal portion protected with a covering member, and its opposite edge provided with a selvaged edge, the coated margin having a zig-zag edge and carryingv a covering strip with a similar edge.

5. The method of manufacturing ornamental ribbons for application to sheet articles, comprising the application of a coating of permanently plastic adhesive to a face pore tion of a strip, the application of an elongate covering member to the exposed face of the adhesive coating, and cutting the strip and the covering member along a zig-zag line,

thereby forming two ribbons, each of which has a notchededge, an adhesively coatedface portion, and a notched covering member protecting the adhesive coating.

6. The method of manufacturing binding tapes of the type having an uncoated marginal portion provided'with a selvaged edge to be stitched to a sheet article, and an opposite marginal face coated with a cement suitable for adhesive attachment to the sheet article, which method comprises applying to one face of a double selvaged tape intermediate its selvaged edges, an adhesive strip capable of later adhesive application to the sheet article, said adhesive strip having substantially less width than said tape to provide marginal zones adjacent to each of the sel'- vaged edges of suiiicient width to receive stitching, and severing the tape longitudinally by a cut spaced inwardly from'each of the margins of the adhesive strip, thereby providing a pair of tapes each having an adhesive-coated margin free from selvaging and-an opposite margin free from said coating but provided with' a selvaged edge.

7 The method of manufacturing binding tapes of the type having an uncoated marginal portion provided with a selvaged edge to be stitched to a sheet article, and an opposite marginal face coated with a cement suitable for adhesive attachment to the sheet article, which method comprises applying to one face of a double selvaged tape intermediate its selvaged edges a coating of thermoplastic adhesive` having substantially less width than said tape, the margins of said coating being spaced inwardly from the selvaged edges of the tape to provide uncoated marginal Zones of sufficient width to receive stitching, allowing said adhesive to set, and severing the tape longitudinally through said coating by a serrated cut spaced inwardly from each of its longitudinal edges so that the width of the coating exceeds the depth of the serrations, thereby providing a pair of tapes each having an adhesive-coated serrated margin free from selvaging and an opposite margin free from said coating but provided with a selvaged edge.

8. An article of manufacture comprising a tape having aselvaged edge and an opposite unselvaged serrated edge, and a coating of adhesive on one face of the tape having an effective Width substantiall less than the tapebut greater than the dept 1 of the serrations, the inner` longitudinal edge of said coating being spaced inwardly from said selvaged edge to provide an uncoated selvaged marginal portion of sufficient Width to receive stitching, and the outer edge and marginal portion of said coating being coextensive With said opposite edge of the tape.

Signed by me at Lynn, Massachusetts, this 3rd day of December, 1929.

HAROLD A. EVANS. 

